Samsung Galaxy S8 To Feature New Snapdragon 835? Processor Specs Leaked
Gio C.Will Samsung ditch the upcoming Exynos and go for the newest Snapdragon CPU? Details about Qualcomm's latest processors, the Snapdragon 835 and 660, have leaked online, including its planned phone list.
The leaked specification sheet, first seen on Chinese microblogging website Weibo, suggests that the Snapdragon 835 chip will be featured in the recently announced, upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8. The leak also stated that Samsung will reveal the new device at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow at Barcelona on or before February 26, 2017.
This year's Samsung Galaxy S7 includes a Snapdragon 820, but some regional variants also feature an Exynos 8890.
Earlier reports suggest that Samsung is developing a new-generation Exynos processor to power the forthcoming Galaxy S8. The processor is rumored to reach 3GhZ clock speeds for the big cores and 2.7GhZ for the LITTLE cores, a breakthrough point for the big.LITTLE architecture.
A similar scenario of having two processor variants for the Galaxy S8 is likely. However, it could also be possible that Samsung will abandon their next-generation Exynos in favor of the new Snapdragon.
Qualcomm's latest offering, the Snapdragon 835 is intended for use with flagship phones. It will feature a Kyro 200 CPU with eight cores, but the leak does not have information about its clock speeds just yet. The processor will also feature the Adreno 540 GPU, and the X16 - an LTE Cat 13 modem capable of bringing in up to 1Gbps download speed.
The chip will also be made in a 10nm FinFET manufacturing process, which allows up to 27% performance gains or 40% lower power consumption than the previous generation processors.
The leaked table also features Snapdragon 660, a lower-end processor also made with the Kyro CPU architecture. It features eight processor cores, Adreno 512, and will be released on Q2 2017 with Oppo and Vivo phones in the list.
The information present in the leak, however, seems questionable, as inconsistencies between the lower-end Snapdragon 660 and the 835's specifications are present. As the information present in the leak is not verified by any of the companies involved, readers are advised to take the info with a grain of salt.
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